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Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Licensing Hours (30 Nov 2005)

Bill Wiggin: ..., and 40 per cent. of patients admitted to accident and emergency are suffering from alcohol-related ailments or illnesses. Does the Minister see the contradiction between the proposed total ban on smoking in Wales and the damage resulting from extending licensing hours?

Welsh Affairs (4 Apr 2005)

Mr Bill Wiggin: ...of its people. Only 30 per cent. of people in Wales meet guidelines for physical activity, and more than half the population is technically overweight, with 17 per cent. of them obese. More than a quarter of the population smoke and 41 per cent. admit to drinking more than recommended. The many people who wonder why the Welsh NHS has been allowed to descend into the disastrous situation in...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Teenage Education (10 Jul 2003)

Mr Bill Wiggin: ...and Skills what he is doing to improve the education and information available to teenagers in state funded schools with regard to (a) sexually transmitted diseases, (b) alcohol, (c) drugs and (d) smoking cigarettes.

Estimates Day — [1st Allotted Day] — Vote on Account: 2003–04 — Government Drugs Policy (5 Dec 2002)

Mr Bill Wiggin: ...such acts as criminal, not because the criminal law had failed to prevent their occurrence. Legal prohibitions on tobacco and alcohol have not prevented young people below the statutory ages from smoking or drinking, but there is no responsible body of opinion that would justify decriminalising those offences. We do not believe that there is an overwhelming body of public opinion that...